Polar, Ionic and Reactive Liquid Crystalline Materials for Electrooptical, Battery, and Sensor Applications

用于电光、电池和传感器应用的极性、离子和反应性液晶材料

• 批准号: 0907542
• 负责人: Piotr Kaszynski
• 金额: $ 47.5万
• 依托单位: Vanderbilt University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0907542&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Polar; Ionic; Reactive; Liquid; Crystalline

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:The proposed research is a continuation of the current NSF award and involves the design, synthesis, and study of liquid crystalline materials that are uniquely suited to address fundamental questions and applied problems in the field of liquid crystals. The proposed materials are nematic liquid crystals containing boron clusters, a class of compounds that displays unusual steric and electronic properties. Because these materials have the potential to meet technological needs in modern society, the project has two related goals: the development of new materials for applications in flat panel displays and new liquid crystalline electrolytes for rechargeable Li+ ion batteries. The project involves the molecular design of new materials aided by quantum-mechanical calculations, inorganic/organic synthetic methods, structure-property relationship studies, electrooptical characterization and ion mobility investigations.NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:This multidisciplinary program is directed at the development of new advanced molecular materials for addressing fundamental questions in the field of liquid crystals and for applications in flat panel displays and rechargeable batteries. The design involves unique organic-inorganic hybrid molecules, which will be synthesized and investigated using a broad array of modern research tools. The proposed work will affect a number of areas of science and engineering, and is expected to impact LCD and energy storage technologies. It will provide excellent opportunities for the involved personnel (undergraduate and graduate students and also postdoctoral workers) to obtain broad training in modern materials chemistry through domestic and international collaborations, which include the LCD industry (e.g. Vision in Colorado).

技术摘要：拟议的研究是当前 NSF 奖项的延续，涉及液晶材料的设计、合成和研究，这些材料特别适合解决液晶领域的基本问题和应用问题。 所提出的材料是含有硼簇的向列液晶，硼簇是一类表现出不寻常的空间和电子特性的化合物。 由于这些材料有潜力满足现代社会的技术需求，因此该项目有两个相关目标：开发用于平板显示器的新材料和用于可充电锂离子电池的新型液晶电解质。该项目涉及量子力学计算、无机/有机合成方法、结构-性能关系研究、光电表征和离子迁移率研究辅助的新材料的分子设计。非技术摘要：该多学科项目旨在开发新型先进分子材料，以解决液晶领域的基本问题以及在平板显示器和可充电电池中的应用 电池。 该设计涉及独特的有机-无机杂化分子，将使用多种现代研究工具对其进行合成和研究。 拟议的工作将影响科学和工程的许多领域，并预计将影响液晶显示器和储能技术。它将为相关人员（本科生、研究生以及博士后）提供极好的机会，通过国内和国际合作（包括液晶显示器行业（例如科罗拉多州的 Vision））获得现代材料化学方面的广泛培训。